Newsletter #13: TNT, Uyghurs, a Mélange of a Review, Dinners and Parties, Islamism Strikes Again, Burgis on Hitchens, Cooking Pots vs. Floods, and More
Newsletter #13: TNT, Uyghurs, a Mélange of a Review, Dinners and Parties, Islamism Strikes Again, Burgis on Hitchens, Cooking Pots vs. Floods, and More
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First of all, apologies for missing last week. It’s been a hell of a busy time in many ways. But now, I’m sure you’re delighted to realise, the bitch is back. Battle of Ideas. One of the reasons for my busyness was attending the Battle of Ideas Festival in London a couple of weeks ago. It was a fun and stimulating (and very, very, VERY boozy) long weekend. I shan’t bore you with tales, except one. Alex Salmond spoke at one of the events and afterwards, I got to chat with him a little. He’s a brilliant rhetorician and a compelling figure, but there’s no other word for him than “slippery”. Anyway, I’m becoming quite fond of London and almost as familiar as a native with the Tube. This is odd, given that I know Londoners in Scotland who hate the city. (My friend Jamie
Newsletter #13: TNT, Uyghurs, a Mélange of a Review, Dinners and Parties, Islamism Strikes Again, Burgis on Hitchens, Cooking Pots vs. Floods, and More
Newsletter #13: TNT, Uyghurs, a Mélange of a…
Newsletter #13: TNT, Uyghurs, a Mélange of a Review, Dinners and Parties, Islamism Strikes Again, Burgis on Hitchens, Cooking Pots vs. Floods, and More
First of all, apologies for missing last week. It’s been a hell of a busy time in many ways. But now, I’m sure you’re delighted to realise, the bitch is back. Battle of Ideas. One of the reasons for my busyness was attending the Battle of Ideas Festival in London a couple of weeks ago. It was a fun and stimulating (and very, very, VERY boozy) long weekend. I shan’t bore you with tales, except one. Alex Salmond spoke at one of the events and afterwards, I got to chat with him a little. He’s a brilliant rhetorician and a compelling figure, but there’s no other word for him than “slippery”. Anyway, I’m becoming quite fond of London and almost as familiar as a native with the Tube. This is odd, given that I know Londoners in Scotland who hate the city. (My friend Jamie